Mantra 12
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He harms not his cattle, nor his peers, who thus hath knowledge.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof him/this (person)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम)
पशून्cattle/animals
पशून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
समानान्equals/peers
समानान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed/for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिनस्तिharms/strikes
हिनस्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) → हिंस्/हिनस् (वेदिक-प्रयोग)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus/in this way
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Vrātya-complex attribution (AV 15).
Devata: Mantra-vidyā itself (knowledge as operative power); implicitly the established guardians.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (compressed, aphoristic).
Mantra Rasa
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